Anna Adams (1754 - 1844)

Born 24 Oct 1754 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Kenney — married 16 Feb 1775 (to 2 Sep 1801) in New Ipswich, Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Wife of Ephraim Adams Sr — married 26 Dec 1805 (to 28 Apr 1823) in Stoddard, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1844 at age 89 in Stoddard, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Anna Adams was born in Massachusetts.

Anna, the fifth of eight children of Zachariah Adams and Anna Martin was born on 24 October 1754 at Groton, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriages and Children

Anna was married twice. She married 1) Rev. Isaac Kenney (1751-1801), the son of Samuel and Lydia (Whitney) Kenney on 16 February 1775 at Ipswich, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. They had nine children born at Stoddard:

1. Rebecca Kenney (b. 25 Jan 1776; d. 1871)^[2] m. 4 Oct 1794 at Richmond, NH, Simon Greenwood (1773-1853)
2. Anna Kenney (b. 1 Jun 1778; d. )^[3] m.
3. Isaac Kenney (b. 1780; d. 1860) m. 28 Apr 1802 at Richmond, NH, Betsy Ingalls (1781-1849)
4. James Kenney (b. 25 Jan 1782; d. 1813)^[4]m. 1808 at Brookfield, NY, Silence Lamb (1786-1856)
5. Ruth Kenney (b. 2 Dec 1783; d. 9 Sep 1877, Langdon, NH) ^[5][6]m. 22 Jan 1818 at Stoddard, NH, Archelaus Towne (1782-1875)
6. Beulah Kenney (b. 27 Oct 1785; d. 1819)^[7] m. 11 Feb 1808 at Stoddard, NH, Archelaus Cram (1779-1845)
7. Rhoda Kenney (b. 20 Aug 1789; d. 1866)^[8] m. 9 Aug 1808 at Stoddard, NH, Thomas Clark (1786-1871)
8. Hosea Kenney (b. 31 Oct 1791; d. 1885)^[9] m. Marane Parmalee (1806-1880)
9. Moses Kenney (b. 1793; d. 1878) m. 5 Aug 1827 at Newport, NH, Lucy Goodell Howe (1811-1891)

Rev. Isaac Kenny died in 1801 at Stoddard, New Hampshire.

Anna married 2) Ephraim Adams (1751-1823), the son of John and Esther (Perham) Adams on 26 December 1805 at Stoddard, New Hampshire. There were no children from this union.

Death and Burial

Anna (Adams) Kenney-Adams died on 14 March 1844 in her 89th year at Stoddard, and is buried in Dow Hill Cemetery at Stoddard, Cheshire, New Hampshire. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-JT86 : 18 October 2022), Anna Adams, 24 Oct 1754; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011182.
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGD-3XT : Fri Oct 06 23:58:35 UTC 2023), Entry for Rebeca Kenney and Isaac Kenney, 25 January 1776.
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGD-MVH : Fri Oct 06 21:54:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Anna Kenney and Isaac Kenney, 1 June 1778.
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGD-STL : Fri Oct 06 12:49:10 UTC 2023), Entry for James Kenney and Isaac Kenney, 25 January 1782.
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGD-3X2 : Wed Oct 04 00:39:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Ruth Kenney and Isaac Kenney, 2 December 1783.
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSL8-KVD : 23 February 2021), Anna Adams in entry for Ruth Towne, 09 Sep 1877; citing Langdon, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,112.
7. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGD-MP2 : Fri Oct 06 20:39:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Beulah Kenney and Isaac Kenney, 27 October 1785.
8. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGD-3XP : Wed Oct 04 01:21:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Rhoda Kenney and Isaac Kenney, 20 August 1789.
9. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGD-SS6 : Fri Oct 06 19:32:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Hosa Kenney and Isaac Kenney, 31 October 1791.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106877015/anna-adams: accessed 9 October 2023), memorial page for Anna Adams Adams (24 Oct 1754–13 Mar 1844), Find a Grave Memorial ID 106877015, citing Dow Hill Cemetery, Stoddard, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Jeanne S (contributor 47373121).

Acknowledgements

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing, children listed with sources, connected to parents and second spouse, and photo added following detailed research by Carol Baldwin on 9 October 2023.